Shaun Lane

Shaun Lane (born 29 November 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as second-row forward for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

Shaun Lane
Personal information
Full nameShaun Lane
Born (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Canterbury Bulldogs 14 5 0 0 20
2016 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Manly Sea Eagles 33 10 0 0 40
2019– Parramatta Eels 39 7 0 0 28
Total 87 22 0 0 88
As of 24 September 2019
Source: [1]

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New Zealand Warriors and the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.

Background

Lane was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of former Bulldogs player Brett Lane.[2]

Lane played his junior rugby league for the South Eastern Seagulls, before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Lane played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[3]

2015

In 2015, Lane graduated to the Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup team.[4] In Round 14, he made his NRL debut for Canterbury against the Gold Coast Titans.[5] On 27 September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[6] He was named the club’s rookie of the year, winning the Steve Mortimer Medal.[7]

2016

On 5 April, Lane was released by Canterbury in exchange for Raymond Faitala-Mariner. He signed a one year deal with the New Zealand Warriors.[7] He made his sole appearance for the Warriors in round 9 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[8] In August, he signed a 2-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2017.[9]

2018

Lane had a good year for the Sea Eagles, finishing the year as their top try scorer. In the middle of the season, he signed with the Parramatta Eels.

2019

Lane made his debut for Parramatta in Round 1 against Penrith which ended in a 20-12 victory. The following week, Lane scored his first try for the club in Parramatta's 36-16 victory over Canterbury. In Round 6, Lane scored his second try for the club as Parramatta defeated Wests Tigers 51-6 in the opening match at the new Western Sydney Stadium.[10]

At the end of the 2019 regular season, Parramatta finished in 5th place on the table and qualified for the finals. In the elimination final against Brisbane, Lane scored a try as Parramatta won the match 58-0 at the new Western Sydney Stadium. The victory was the biggest finals win in history, eclipsing Newtown's 55-7 win over St George in 1944. The match was also Parramatta's biggest win over Brisbane and Brisbane's worst ever loss since entering the competition in 1988.[11]

2020

On 3 March, Lane signed a new three-year deal worth $1.3 million to see him stay at Parramatta until the end of the 2023 season.[12]

Drug prank

On 12 August 2019, it was revealed that Lane was under investigation by the NRL integrity unit after photos were shown Lane holding a plastic bag with a white substance inside. The photos were alleged to have been taken during Manly's 2018 mad monday celebrations.[13]

On 19 August 2019, Lane spoke to the media saying that he felt like an idiot after the photos of him with a plastic bag containing a white substance were leaked. Lane said that it was a prank gone wrong and explained further by saying “I have made the game look very bad and brought it into disrepute, so on that basis, I was accepting of my punishment". Lane was fined $17,500 over the incident.[14]

References
  1. "Shaun Lane - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. "NRL: 7th tackle with Josh Massoud and Jim Wilson - Yahoo7". yahoo.com. Retrieved on 8 July 2015.
  3. "L". Nycdatabase.org. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. "VB NSW CUP TEAMS ROUND 1". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. "NRL LATE MAIL: Titans v". Bulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. "Vodafone Warriors complete player swap". New Zealand Warriors. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. "Updated team lists: Warriors v Dragons". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. "Manly sign Warriors forward Shaun Lane for two years". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. "Parramatta Eels thrash Wests Tigers 51-6 to christen new Parramatta Stadium". www.abc.net.au.
  11. "Parramatta Eels eliminate Brisbane Broncos from the NRL Finals with a thumping 58-0 win". ABC.
  12. "The Eel deal: Parramatta wards off NRL rivals to lock up Shaun Lane on $1.3 million contract". www.foxsports.com.au.
  13. "Integrity Unit to investigate Lane over Mad Monday allegations". NRL.
  14. "Eels forward Shaun Lane apologises for 'joke' gone wrong". Fox Sports.
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